4G iPod's center button is unresponsive at times

My fourth generation 20GB iPod's center button does not respond about once per week under these circumstances: A song is paused, the iPod is in sleep mode, and the hold switch is on. I flip the hold switch off, press Play and the thing starts to play. If I press the center button to scroll through the track or whatever, nothing happens. If I press Menu to go up one level, then press the center button, it works from then on. I just bought this iPod less than three months ago from Apple's refurb store (which I don't recommend, by the way -- the first one I ordered was sad-ipod-face-on-arrival). Can anyone recommend a fix for this?
By the way, I have the latest firmware installed as of June 15th, 2006 and I sync with a Mac mini.

you should try taking it to a genius at a store near you. it doesnt seem like a software problem... but make sure you can replicate the problem in front of them, otherwise they wont help you!
chris

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